2017 Challenge Tour

2017 Challenge Tour season

Duration	23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) – 4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)
Number of official events	27
Most wins	Aaron Rai (3)
Rankings	Tapio Pulkkanen
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The 2017 Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
26 Mar	Barclays Kenya Open	Kenya	220,000	Aaron Rai (1)	12
23 Apr	Turkish Airlines Challenge	Turkey	200,000	Ryan Evans (1)	12
14 May	Open de Portugal	Portugal	500,000	Matt Wallace (1)	18	EUR
21 May	Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9	Spain	200,000	Aaron Rai (2)	12		New tournament
28 May	D+D Real Czech Challenge	Czech Republic	180,000	Julian Suri (1)	12
4 Jun	Swiss Challenge	Switzerland	170,000	Joel Girrbach (1)	12
11 Jun	KPMG Trophy	Belgium	170,000	Martin Wiegele (4)	12
18 Jun	Hauts de France Golf Open	France	200,000	Julien Guerrier (1)	12
25 Jun	Made in Denmark Challenge	Denmark	180,000	Oscar Stark (1)	12
2 Jul	SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	250,000	Richard McEvoy (2)	12
9 Jul	Prague Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	180,000	Garrick Porteous (1)	12		New tournament
16 Jul	Italian Challenge Open	Italy	300,000	Joel Sjöholm (1)	12
23 Jul	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	210,000	Aaron Rai (3) [c]	12
30 Jul	Swedish Challenge	Sweden	200,000	Estanislao Goya (3)	12
6 Aug	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	Finland	180,000	Paul Howard (1)	12
13 Aug	Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open	Northern Ireland	185,000	Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1)	12
20 Aug	Viking Challenge	Norway	200,000	Clément Sordet (3)	12
26 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	250,000	Pedro Oriol (1)	12
3 Sep	Cordon Golf Open	France	210,000	Birgir Hafþórsson (1)	12
10 Sep	Bridgestone Challenge	England	180,000	Oscar Lengdén (1)	12
17 Sep	Irish Challenge	Ireland	180,000	Julien Guerrier (2)	12
24 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	450,000	Tapio Pulkkanen (1)	13
1 Oct	Challenge de España	Spain	200,000	Victor Perez (1)	12
15 Oct	Hainan Open	China	US$350,000	Erik van Rooyen (1)	13	CHN
22 Oct	Foshan Open	China	US$500,000	Oliver Farr (2)	13	CHN
28 Oct	Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge	UAE	US$350,000	Jens Dantorp (2)	13
4 Nov	NBO Golf Classic Grand Final	Oman	420,000	Clément Sordet (4)	17		Flagship event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2017 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[4] [5]} The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour. ^[6]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Tapio Pulkkanen	210,799
2	Clément Sordet	181,312
3	Erik van Rooyen	160,876
4	Aaron Rai	139,435
5	Marcus Kinhult	139,419

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
2. CHN − China Tour; EUR − European Tour.
3. Rai earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season. ^[3]

References

1. "2017 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. "Match play golf returns as part of 2017 Challenge Tour schedule". European Tour. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
3. "Le Vaud-Rai win earns Aaron a European Tour card". European Tour. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
4. "2017 Road to Oman". European Tour. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
5. "Sordet wins NBO Golf Classic Grand Final title, Pulkkanen is 'Road to Oman' champion". Times of Oman. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023– via Pressreader.
6. "2017 European Challenge Tour: 15 money leaders who earned European Tour cards". Golf News Net. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

• Official website